Stumps : Day 3 - Bangladesh lead by 34 runs.

413/10 & 7/0

Pakistan

386/10

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Stumps : Day 3 - Yorkshire need 451 runs to win.

Warwickshire

147/10 & 553/6d

Yorkshire

152/10 & 98/5

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Stumps : Day 3 - Nottinghamshire lead by 65 runs.

Nottinghamshire

415/10 & 99/1

Surrey

449/10

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Day 3 - Glamorgan need 143 runs to win.

Glamorgan

229/10 & 140/5

Somerset

354/10 & 157/10

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Day 3 - Leicestershire lead by 52 runs.

Sussex

430/10

Leicestershire

328/10 & 154/4

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Day 3 - Northamptonshire trail by 506 runs.

Derbyshire

604/7d

Northamptonshire

98/4

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Stumps : Day 3 - Gloucestershire lead by 249 runs.

325/10 & 251/9

327/10

SAM won by 96 runs

166/7

70/10

JPN won by 8 wickets

75/2

74/10

HKG-W won by 88 runs

134/2

46/10

Stumps : Brothers Union need 235 runs in 38.0 remaining overs

Abahani Limited

283/6

Brothers Union

49/1

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Stumps : Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club need 293 runs in 33.0 remaining overs

Mohammedan Sporting Club

345/6

Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club

53/5

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BS won by 10 runs (DLS method)

Gazi Group Cricketers

183/10

Bashundhara Strikers

235/10

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PBCC won by 20 runs (DLS method)

Legends of Rupganj

227/10

Prime Bank Cricket Club

108/2

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GCC won by 60 runs (DLS method)

Gulshan Cricket Club

301/5

Agrani Bank Cricket Club

132/10

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CITY won by 9 wickets (DLS method)

96/1

306/9

BR won by 8 wickets

64/4

65/2

PNG won by 49 runs

204/5

155/6

HKG-W won by 61 runs

141/4

80/7

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Romania

Bulgaria

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IPL 2026, Match 1: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XIs

by Dwijesh March 26, 2026

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first match of IPL 2026 on March 28th at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, starting at 7:30 PM. Rajat Patidar will lead RCB, while Ishan Kishan will captain SRH in this opening match.

There are fantastic players across the two squads and you can expect great performances from players such as Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. It will be interesting to see what their final predicted playing XI looks like prior to events both sides play at this significant event.

Match Details

Match	Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date	Saturday, 28 March 2026
Time	7:30 PM IST
Match No.	1st T20
Tournament	IPL 2026
Venue	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Broadcast	Star Sports Network
Streaming	JioHotstar

RCB vs SRH – Full Squad

RCB (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)	Role	SRH (Sunrisers Hyderabad)	Role
Philip Salt (WK)	Batter	Heinrich Klaasen (WK)	Batter
Virat Kohli	Batter	Ishan Kishan (C)	Batter
Rajat Patidar (C)	Batter	Travis Head	Batter
Jitesh Sharma	Batter	Abhishek Sharma	All Rounder
Tim David	Batter	Aniket Verma	Batter
Devdutt Padikkal	Batter	Smaran Ravichandran	Batter
Jordan Cox	Batter	Salil Arora	Batter
Romario Shepherd	All Rounder	Nitish Kumar Reddy	All Rounder
Krunal Pandya	All Rounder	Kamindu Mendis	All Rounder
Venkatesh Iyer	All Rounder	Brydon Carse	All Rounder
Jacob Bethell	All Rounder	Liam Livingstone	All Rounder
Swapnil Singh	All Rounder	Zeeshan Ansari	All Rounder
Mangesh Yadav	All Rounder	Shivang Kumar	All Rounder
Kanishk Chouhan	All Rounder	Amit Kumar	All Rounder
Vihaan Malhotra	All Rounder	Pat Cummins	Bowler
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Bowler	Harshal Patel	Bowler
Josh Hazlewood	Bowler	Jaydev Unadkat	Bowler
Suyash Sharma	Bowler	Eshan Malinga	Bowler
Nuwan Thushara	Bowler	Harsh Dubey	All Rounder
Rasikh Salam	Bowler	Onkar Tarmale	Bowler
Abhinandan Singh	Bowler	Praful Hinge	Bowler
Jacob Duffy	Bowler	Shivam Mavi	Bowler
Satvik Deswal	Batter	Sakib Hussain	Bowler
Vicky Ostwal	Bowler	David Payne	Bowler

RCB vs SRH – Predicted Playing 11

RCB Player	Role	SRH Player	Role
Philip Salt	WK-Batter	Abhishek Sharma	All-rounder
Virat Kohli	Batter	Travis Head	Batter
Rajat Patidar	Batter	Heinrich Klaasen	WK-Batter
Jitesh Sharma	Batter	Ishan Kishan	Batter
Romario Shepherd	All-rounder	Aniket Verma	Batter
Krunal Pandya	All-rounder	Nitish Kumar Reddy	All-rounder
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Bowler	Eshan Malinga	Bowler
Jacob Duffy	Bowler	Harshal Patel	Bowler
Suyash Sharma	Bowler	Jaydev Unadkat	Bowler
Tim David	Batter	Harsh Dubey	All-rounder
Devdutt Padikkal	Batter	Liam Livingstone	All-rounder

Impact Players

If Batting First
- RCB: Venkatesh Iyer
- SRH: Shivam Mavi
If Bowling First
- RCB: Suyash Sharma
- SRH: Shivam Mavi

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FAQs

Q. When is the RCB vs SRH IPL 2026 match?

The match will be played on March 28, 2026, at 7:30 PM IST.

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